Pain Management

Patients suffering from acute and chronic pain have access to a specially trained staff at Saint Francis Medical Center's Pain Management Center. Nationally recognized for its commitment to delivering high-quality care, the Pain Management Center is accredited by the American Academy of Pain Management. For more information, visit www.sfmc.net.

A close look at U.S. congressional districts has yielded new information about the opioid crisis: The highest rates of prescriptions for opioid painkillers are in the Southeast, Appalachia and the rural West.

THURSDAY, July 19, 2018 -- A close look at U.S. congressional districts has yielded new information about the opioid crisis: The highest rates of prescriptions for opioid painkillers are in the Southeast, Appalachia and the rural West.

Focusing on prescribing rates for opioids like Oxycontin in congressional districts could help improve efforts to fight the nation's opioid addiction crisis, according to researchers from Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

SUNDAY, April 29, 2018 -- With summer comes the stings of bees and wasps, but one expert has advice on how to keep the pain to a minimum.

"The first thing to do is to get the stinger out quickly," said Dr. Carrie Kovarik. She's an associate professor of dermatology, dermatopathology and infectious diseases at the University of Pennsylvania.